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Numida (Japanese: ヌミダ Numida) is a Begnion duke from the territory of Numida, and a member of the Begnion Imperial Senate. He was the appointed governor of Daein on behalf of Begnion in the years after its defeat in the Mad King's War, and under his guidance, his subordinate General Jarod led a brutal regime over Daein which was opposed by the Dawn Brigade.
After Ike and the Crimean army defeated King Ashnard of Daein and ended the Mad King's War, Crimea chose not to take control of Daein for itself and handed responsibility over the country to Begnion. Begnion established an occupation garrison in Daein to secure the country. Numida was apppointed as the occupational governor of Daein, and Jarod was given leadership of the garrison itself under Numida's command. Under Numida's direction, Jarod established a series of labor camps and forced all adult Daein men to work in them, aiming to break them both physically and mentally to prevent the chance of them ever fighting back. This also led to poverty and starvation, as farms and other industries were no longer tended to.
Although the oppressive conditions he had instituted in Daein prompted rebellions and uprisings, leading to the rise of the Daein Liberation Army headed by Micaiah and Pelleas, Numida was entirely unconcerned until Jarod pointed out that, through news spreading of the resistance, their superiors in Begnion could find out about their abuses. To prevent this, Numida gave Jarod all the funding he needed to crush the Liberation Army as quickly as possible.
Through the efforts of Sothe and Tormod, the Begnion empress Sanaki found out anyway and formed an inspection team to confirm the abuses in Daein. Working with Lekain, Numida formed a plan to cover up his role in the Daein crisis and to pin the blame entirely on Jarod and his men, but this was foiled by Sanaki's appointment of Sephiran to lead the inspection team and her insistence on hearing the soldiers' side of the story. On Lekain's advice, Numida planned to have the entire occupational army silenced to permanently bury his links to the crimes in Daein.
After the awakening of Ashera and Yune, Numida became a leader in Ashera's Disciples of Order along with the other Begnion senators. He led an army of Disciples to attack the Silver Army, led by Micaiah and Sanaki, as they traveled through the Grann Desert to reach the Tower of Guidance. Numida died in this battle.